Staci Michelle Yandle

Staci Yandle
Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois
Incumbent
Assumed office
June 19, 2014
Appointed by Barack Obama
Preceded by John Gilbert
Personal details
Born 1961 (age 53–54)
Centreville, Illinois, U.S.
Residence Carlyle, Illinois, U.S.
Alma mater University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Vanderbilt University

Staci Michelle Yandle (born 1961) is a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois.

Biography

Yandle received a Bachelor of Science degree in political science in 1983 from the University of Illinois. She received a Juris Doctorate in 1987 from the Vanderbilt University School of Law. From 1987 to 2003, she was an associate with the law firm of Carr, Korein, Schlichter, Kunin, Montroy, Glass & Bogard. From 2003 to 2007, she was a partner with The Rex Carr Law Firm LLC. From 2007 to 2014, she was a solo practitioner in O'Fallon, Illinois.

In addition to her practice of law, she served on the Illinois Advisory Committee to the United States Commission on Civil Rights from 1992 to 1996, and by appointment on the Illinois Gaming Board, from 1999 to 2001.[1] She has also served on the board of governors of the American Association for Justice and the St. Clair County Bar Association. She is a former president of the Metro East Bar Association.[2]

Personal

Staci Yandle is openly gay. She is the first openly gay judge in the 7th Circuit, which covers Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin.[3] She also is the first African-American District Judge ever to sit on the federal bench in the Southern District of Illinois.

Federal judicial service

On January 16, 2014, President Obama nominated Yandle to serve as a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois, to the seat being vacated by Judge John Phil Gilbert, who took senior status on March 15, 2014.[4]

She received a hearing before the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary on March 12, 2014.[5] On April 3, 2014 her nomination was reported out of committee by a vote of 17-1.[6]

On June 12, 2014, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid filed for a motion to invoke cloture on the nomination. On Monday, June 16, 2014 the U.S. Senate voted 55-37 on the motion to invoke cloture.[7] On Tuesday, June 17, 2014 The U.S. Senate voted 52-44 in favor of final confirmation.[8] She received her judicial commission on June 19, 2014.[9] Yandle was invested as a member of the court on August 21, 2014.[10]

References

  1. ↑ "President Obama Nominates Four to Serve on United States District Courts" White House, January 16, 2014
  2. ↑ Law Offices of Staci M. Yandle
  3. ↑ Obama to nominate first black lesbian judge in 20 years, Politico, January 16, 2014
  4. ↑ "Presidential Nominations Sent to the Senate" White House, January 16, 2014
  5. ↑ "Nominations". United States Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
  6. ↑ "Executive Business Meeting". United States Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved 3 April 2014.
  7. ↑ "U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 113th Congress - 2nd Session". Vote Summary: Vote Number 193. United States Senate. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
  8. ↑ "U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 113th Congress - 2nd Session". Vote Summary: Vote Number 196. United States Senate. Retrieved 19 June 2014.
  9. ↑ "Biographical Directory of Federal Judges". Federal Judicial Center. Retrieved 19 June 2014.
  10. ↑ "The Court: Additional Historical Highlights". United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois.

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Preceded by
John Gilbert		 Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois
2014–present 		Incumbent